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Tom Barclay

Verified
(He/Him)
Covers:  East Tennessee local news, environment, military, local business, sports, weather
@USAirForce Vet from SC 🌙🌴Digital Director @WBIR 🔟❤️ Theater and travel enthusiast 🗺️ Secretly enjoys curling 🥌 Speaks a little 日本語 🔰 M-I-Z 🐯

Awards

Regional Edward R. Murrow Award

2021 - Digital Media

Radio Television Digital News Association's regional award for excellence in digital news media for small market television in Region 8 (Tennessee, Kentucky, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, W. Virginia) -- including overall web content, individual storytelling content, social media, and embedded visual media.

Regional Edward R. Murrow Award

2020 - Digital Media

Radio Television Digital News Association's regional award for excellence in digital news media for small market television in Region 8 (Tennessee, Kentucky, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, W. Virginia) -- including overall web content, individual storytelling content, social media, and visual media.

Regional Edward R. Murrow Award

2020 - Excellence in Innovation

Radio Television Digital News Association's regional award for excellence in innovation for small market television in Region 8 (Tennessee, Kentucky, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, W. Virginia) -- WBIR 10News submitted several projects, including the Inferno podcast and accompanying on-air report; a series on the reality of suicide with exclusive online content, interviews, and live online interaction to help save lives; the Abandoned Places series featuring extensive photo galleries, 360 videos, and viewer-interaction; and an excerpt of the half-hour special on East Tennessee's role in the space race on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing.

National Edward R. Murrow Award

2017 - Breaking News

Radio Television Digital News Association's national award recognizing excellence in breaking news for a small market station. WBIR 10News earned national recognition for its on-air and online breaking news coverage of the Gatlinburg wildfires in November 2016.